THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Carolina Flatwoods setting.
Georgetown County has 813.7 square miles of land in South Carolina. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Georgetown County: Carolina Flatwoods, Sea Islands/Coastal Marsh, Mid-Atlantic Floodplains and Low Terraces.
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Regional context: Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Georgetown County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Carolina Flatwoods53.3%
- Sea Islands/Coastal Marsh33.6%
- Mid-Atlantic Floodplains and Low Terraces13.1%
Southern Coastal Plain in Georgetown County
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Georgetown County
The atlas lists 7 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Georgetown County, including Litchfield Beach, Murrells Inlet, Georgetown. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Georgetown County by land and water
The Census records 212.5 square miles of water within Georgetown County, or 20.7% of its total area. That share is close to Georgetown County’s 20.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Georgetown County has 116.4 times the land area of nearby Georgetown city (6.99 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Berkeley County, Charleston County, Horry County, Marion County, Williamsburg County within South Carolina. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

